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Rising cost of living: a burden on consumers

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May 28, 2025

THESE are hard times. Everything goes up. Even death is expensive.

- THYAGARAJ MARKANDAN Kloof

But Finance Minister Ernest Godongwana couldn't care less when he wanted to push up VAT by 1% to fund a bloated Cabinet, and a wasteful and corrupt public service.

And look how deceptive, cunning and greedy business has become.

In many cases, manufacturers and retailers have stealthily reduced the size and quantity of their prod-ucts but not the price. In nearly everything, the price has gone up.

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